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If I Were to Walk My Own Talk

If I were to walk my own talk
I would become a vegetarian
Eating animals is cruel
And it's the single way that I contribute most to global warming
So
Why don't I become a vegetarian?
If I were to walk my own talk
I wouldn't love buying things
Because I love buying things
At least I'm supposed to
So I do, and I do.
I know well that I feed the machine
That denies food to so many
Aspiring consumers.
That thought sickens me.
With that in mind
How can I justify
Buying
So much
Shit?
If I were to walk my own talk
I would have more gay friends
And African-American friends
And friends that aren't all white
Because all of my friends are white
Not that it matters
But it does, kind of.
Look, I'm a progressive,
Genuinely appalled by inequality
etc.
Why do I exhibit the same
Homophilic tendencies
That I speak out against?
If I were to walk my own talk
I would be an activist
An active activist.
As in, I would act
Not just talk
I already talk a lot
The power of activism has been proven
And I'm sure as hell that I want things to change
So why am I not
An activist?
If I were to walk my own talk
I wouldn't ever swear
It's the language of marginalization
I wouldn't complain about schoolwork
6.7% of the world has a college degree
I wouldn't wear leather
It's fueling a sadistic industry
I wouldn't drive a car
It's fueling a sadistic industry
I wouldn't be complacent
I wouldn't sit idly
I wouldn't take it for granted
I wouldn't get discouraged
I wouldn't get hung up by the immensity of it all
I wouldn't feel very, very small
So small that I don't even matter
A seven-billionth of the population
What good can I do?
What harm can I do?
What can I do?
Maybe I'll become a vegetarian.

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andddd that’s how I became a vegetarian. haha. I think it’s okay to do your part for the world on your own pace, though. With vegetarianism, I felt guilty for a while until I got to a point where enough was enough and where I felt confident that I could do it. I think that will happen for you with ACTivism, with making more diverse friends (sometimes we get too shy and scared around people who are different from us, scared that they won’t like us!), with leather, etc.